One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground
The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness.
The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.
He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of possession.
It takes more to make one sage today than it did to make the seven of Greece. And you need more resources to deal with a single person these days than with an entire nation in times past.